CCCT Part II - La Pocatiere to Riviere-du-Loup, QC

Yesterday I should have included Bev's version of our crossing through the construction zone so here it is
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We came to some construction - there was a detour except for local traffic. I thought we would take the detour. Roly said we're local. So I went with the local. OMG! Thank goodness they are on strike or the road would have been worse. I couldn't imagine it worse than it was. It had rained there earlier and it was all ruts and squishy mud. It was all we could do to keep the bike upright. My pedal hit the side of a rut and I thought I was gone but I mustered up the strength to keep going. It was that or a mud bath. There was a vehicle behind me too! When we got to a spot where we could pull over and take a breath they also stopped. They said we were really strong! We continued on through the construction. What a mess Roly's bike and gear was in. We cleaned off what we could. etc...
Tuesday, June 18/13.
We were up at 7:00 AM and walked over to Tim's for breakfast. I forgot to bring the Tim's Gift Card that Bev's friend had gotten us for our trip. Bev used her Tim's G.C. that she got for being employee of the month. We both had breakfast wraps with bacon and chocolate milk. We returned to our motel room, finished packing, loaded our bags on our bikes and set off for Rivere-du-Loup at 8:32 AM. Once again we had a nice day with a slight tail wind and a paved shoulder most of the way. some sections of the highway 132 are still "UNDEVELOPED" i.e. no paved shoulder. But fortunately there was very little traffic. We met two ladies hiking from Rimouski to .... a distance of 400 kms in 21 days. They wanted to know all about our bike trip. We also met Serge who had been touring on his bike in Gaspe. He advised us to stay at the Hostel in Riviere-du-Loup. We advised him to take the detour and to avoid the muddy construction route that we had passed through yesterday. We stopped for a snack and a butt break at 10:30 and 11:30 and arrived in Riviere-du-Loup at 12:40. We had no trouble finding the Auberge Passant Internationale and wasted no time getting settled into our private room with bathroom and shower all for $58. Later the manager reimbursed me $4.20 because he had charged me the non-International Hostel member rate. This also included breakfast and free wi-fi. We cycled back into town to the IGA and got some groceries, cycled back to the hostel and sat out on the patio to eat our late lunch.. Andre, another cyclist from Montreal, who had also met Serge, was following up on his recommendation to stay at the hostel in Riviere-du-Loup. We learned that Andre is also on his way to Newfoundland but he is taking a more circuitous route. We did some research on tomorrow's route and accommodations before going to dinner at 7:00 at which time we also chose to do a load of laundry. Dinner consisted of carrot soup, Lobster Alfredo, salad, fried sweet potatoes and apple crisp with ice cream and tea or coffee all for $11.00 and $3.50 for washing and drying our laundry. They even provided the laundry soap and the dryer sheet. I introduced Andre to my blog and he asked me to help him create his own blog. My french language skills were tested to the max. It is difficult enough to carry on a conversation in french let alone create a blog in french. Well that's enough rambling for tonight. Must get some sleep as we hope to reach Cabano or Notre-Dame-du-Lac, QC, tomorrow.
Auberge Passant Internationale de Riviere-du-Loup, QC